At least 937 people have died in floods in Pakistan. Another 33 million people are left without a permanent home because of the floods. The South Asian country on Thursday asked for international aid and has now also declared a state of emergency.
“We are currently setting up two million emergency shelters,” said a spokesman for the National Disaster Management Agency. The military is also currently assisting with evacuations. Due to the flooding, 15 percent of the Pakistani population no longer has a permanent residence. The unusually heavy rainfall has already destroyed houses, bridges and roads. In some regions, most fields have been flooded, according to Welthungerhilfe, causing people to lose their livelihoods.
schools closed
In the particularly affected region of Balochistan in the southwest of the country, authorities ordered schools to close earlier this week. According to the latest figures from the National Disaster Management Agency, 937 people have died since mid-June. While the death toll is expected to continue to rise, Pakistan has declared a state of emergency and requested international assistance.
The country has been dealing with unusually heavy monsoon rains since mid-June. The climate protection minister spoke on social media on Thursday about the heaviest rainfall in the country’s history and meteorologists warned of record flooding at the end of June. Pakistan was hit by an unusually early heat wave only in the spring.
Source: Krone
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